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BCDS SQT and New Kit

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morgan-sqtA very early morning today, up at 5 and off to the Velodrome for an SQT session with BCDS.

It was good to meet up with Dan and the other riders, and get in some good track time.

During the track session we did a warm up with ‘taking lap efforts’, Russian steps, a points race exercise, and finally an elimination practice and race.

Following on from the track session we had some time with WattBikes, before getting together to pick up some new kit and talk about the year to come.

A good day, if a long one, and after a nice roast chicken dinner I am looking forward to bed

Roller 10 mile TT

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A new year and time to set a benchmark on the rollers…

So I did my first 10 mile roller time trial of 2016. To do this I only use my Youth A gearing of 46×14, so it is all about maintaining a high cadence.

I paced myself well and was pleased with a 16 mins and 28 seconds, shaving 12 seconds off my previous effort. My cadence throughout was approx 142rpm – I am looking forward to when I am allowed a smaller rear cog or a larger chainring! 🙂

By the end I think it was fair to say I was a sweaty mess!

Wet and Muddy

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This cycling isn’t all glamour you know…

Today’s training ride was challenging due to the weather conditions – very wet, very windy and as a result it was extremely muddy!
It was a nice ride all the same, mainly endurance riding but with some sprint efforts mixed in.

A bike cleaning session followed before I was able to head in for a shower and getting myself clean!

Feeling Epic!

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[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][image_with_animation image_url=”47″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In”][vc_column_text]On Wednesday 9th September I traveled North Bristol to have my first meeting with my new main coach, Peter from EPiC coaching. Peter is my main contact point with my coaching team (there are three coaches in total looking after me).
Over the current season we had become aware of the need to step up my coaching input, and I had already worked a little with Peter over last winter, and had seen him at Castle Combe and the Regional Omniumns. Epic have some really good riders on board, and so I was delighted and excited to have the chance to start working under their guidance.

The meeting was good and Peter asked lots of questions to learn more about me, and was happy to coach me and help me develop. We discussed my aims and my plans for the following season and the long term, and day to day life schedule was looked at so as to make the coaching plan achievable.

So far I am a couple of weeks of the coaching, and am finding it good fun. I like being told what I’ve got to do, as before if I didn’t fancy something then I migh have had a rest or done something else, but now I have to do the correct session. I am doing more road riding and have even ridden out alone a couple of times (much to my Grandparents horror :) ). I have also completed a FTHR test, which nearly made me sick, but to mums delight I wasn’t!
Other sessions have included a chain gang, pedaling technique practice, and working in HR Zones, these are set out for me each day via a Training Peaks account, and I then upload the data from my GPS/HR computer when I have completed each activity. Each ride is slightly different but all have the same outcome of building my base and power output.

It’s going well and I’m looking forward to future months of training and competing with EPiC coaching.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]